Showing posts with label Marcella Burnard. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

HAUNTED HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR - SCIENCE FICTION -Enemy Games Chronicles of the Empire, #2 by Marcella Burnard

Enemy Games
Chronicles of the Empire, #2
by Marcella Burnard
Date of Publication: October 16th 2019
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc.
Cover Artist: Debbie Taylor
Genre: SFR/SciFiRom
                                      


Tagline: Different species from different worlds make reluctant allies.


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While combating a plague, scientist Jayleia Durante becomes a pawn in a greater game. With her father missing and intergalactic mercenaries on her trail, her decision to cooperate with Major Damen Sindrivik may prove advantageous...if she can control her attraction to the officer who abducted her.Some secrets aren't worth keeping...Damen, a spy from a rival government, will use anything, including his predatory instincts, to achieve his mission...locating Jayleia's father.

She reacts to Damen's charm and seductive power, so why does he question her motivation?Conflicted loyalties and enemies abound...Traitors and the alien enemies threaten to destroy the galaxy. Jayleia must choose.

Betray her father, risk her friends, and lose Damen, or prevent an Interstellar war?
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Damen, fully dressed, left the tiny chamber by stalking straight up to her and glaring at her, a knot in his jaw. If she backed up, she’d collide with the bed. His bed. Muscles low in her abdomen clenched tight. Confusion rocked her. What had happened to make her react to the man? She sidled away, circling toward the open shower door. He leaned in, his gaze holding hers. Rational thought evaporated. She stumbled into the sanitizer. “What aren’t you telling me?” he murmured, his gaze fixed on her mouth. The air left her lungs and she struggled to recall that she had no business hoping Damen would make good his implied threat to kiss her. Pressing her lips tight, trapped by his gaze, she nudged the button to activate the system. The door shut in his face.

RECIPE: Deviled Potato Bites

This is a plant-based, vegan, gluten free recipe. It doesn't look creepy, which bums me out, but with 'deviled' in the name, you can't go wrong. And these things are devilishly tasty.

You'll need to buy a pack of baby yellow potatoes. Rinse them, cover them with water in a pot and boil just until they're fork tender. I start checking at about 8 minutes. Once a fork pierces the largest potato easily, remove the potatoes from the heat and drain. Set aside.

Now for the 'deviled' part

You'll need:

1-2 Medjool dates - Pitted
1/4 Cup boiling water
Place your dates in a blender. Pour the boiling water over them to soften them for a few minutes.

1 Can garbanzo beans drained and rinsed
1 TBSP spicy brown mustard
1-2 tsp dijon
2 cloves garlic
2 TBSP lemon juice

Place these ingredients in the bowl of a food processor with the blade fitted inside it.

Blend your dates in the soak water. Start on low, then turn up the speed and let them get pulverized. If your dates were really hard, you'll be happier if you soak them longer, even overnight. I find the organic medjool dates in the produce section of my local grocery store are moist and soft enough to use with maybe five minutes of soaking. You'll have to experiment there. Once the dates and water have been blended, add them to the other humus ingredients in the food processor. Rinse down your blender with a little more hot water - you might add it to your humus as you process it.

Turn on the food processor and process your mixture down to a texture that pleases you, adding a bit of the rinse water from your blender as needed to achieve the consistency you prefer. Taste for spices and adjust to your taste. The dates add sweetness to the mix and most closely mimics the flavors of Deviled Eggs from my childhood. You may prefer to omit them. If you do, use plain water or veggie broth to thin your humus as it blends.

Cut your reserved potatoes in half. Use a melon baller and scoop a divot out of the inside of the potatoes. Spoon the humus into the cavities. Dust with smoke paprika and chives. Then watch yourself eat them all in one sitting!


Author Info
Marcella Burnard graduated from Cornish College of the Arts with a degree in acting. Yes, there have been a few paying gigs here and there, but writing is her true love. Marcella writes science fiction romance, urban fantasy, paranormal, and fantasy. If a story brings the weird, Marcella’s right there for it. She lives in Florida, where she and her husband are outnumbered by cats. Marcella is actively involved in feline rescue in the Tampa Bay area, and you can always find cat photos and videos on her Facebook page or on her Instagram account.
                                                
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Friday, July 5, 2019

SPOTLIGHT w/EXCERPT - SCI-FI - Enemy Within (Chronicles of the Empire, #1) by Marcella Burnard

Enemy Within
Chronicles of the Empire, #1
by Marcella Burnard
Date of Publication: July 17th 2019
Cover Artist: Debbie Taylor
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Genre: Sci-Fi Romance




Tagline: The military hung her out to dry. Captain Ari Idylle isn’t going to dangle.
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Horrific torture in an alien prison torpedoed Captain Ari Idylle's military career. Stripped of command and banished to her father's scientific expedition to finish a PhD she doesn't want, Ari refuses to fly a desk. She intends to have her command back by any means possible, until pirates commandeer her father's ship, and she's once again a prisoner. Perhaps this cunning captor isn't what he pretends to be.

As far as Cullin Seaghdh is concerned, the same goes for Ari. Her past association with aliens puts her dead center in Cullin's cross-hairs. If she hasn't been brainwashed and returned as a spy, then she must be part of a traitorous alliance endangering billions of lives. He can't afford the desire she fires within him. His mission comes first. He'll stop at nothing, including her destruction, to uncover her true purpose and protect what is his.

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Excerpt:
“You know how to use that thing?” He nodded at the energy blade in her hand.
She swallowed outrage and awarded him a tight smile. “I am proficient.”
He grinned. “Ever fight for your life?”
“No,” she said, pleased her tone remained steady.
His smile deepened. “Then this isn’t so different. We aren’t fighting for your life, are we? We’re fighting for theirs.” He gestured at the knot of scientists.
Fear gripped her. She’d won matches. She had awards. She practiced religiously. Sure, she’d fought Chekydran with the might of an Armada Prowler at her disposal. But energy blade combat had always been a highly regulated sport, a dance with specific choreography designed to minimize injury. She’d never dueled for anything of more value than a bit of metal or a piece of paper to hang on her office wall. Swallowing hard, she eased into guard position.
Taking his time, he matched her stance. Ari did her best not to frown at the avid smiles on his men’s faces or at the effortless way he sank into position and crossed his blade with hers.
Her mind raced. She had to find a way to keep everyone alive. No matter the cost.
Captain Cullin Seaghdh tapped her blade with his, bringing her attention back to her predicament and his damnably cocky grin.
“You’re willing to trade your life for theirs?” he asked, his question pitched for her ears only, his smile gone and his gaze searching.
Troubled, she shook her head. “Are you intimating I have a choice?”
“Then fight.” He lunged.
Ari scrambled back, her parries thrown off by the aggressive attack. He didn’t press his advantage. That maddening grin flashed at her as he backed off. One step. Two.
Charity. She wanted to scream at him. She clamped her jaw shut and advanced the ground he’d offered.
“Out of practice?” He opened his defenses, daring her.
She accepted, ignoring the taunt. She had no intention of explaining that she’d had a hard time keeping up on weapons practice while a prisoner of war. Her attack wavered, but she pulled it together and forced him back a step to avoid her blade. He drew her in and then pushed her back, like a teacher hearing lessons. She ached to wipe that smile from his face.
“Point,” he said, nodding at her chest.
She glanced down. The bastard had sliced clean through her jacket and the buttons of her shirt. A shiver ran through her. One millimeter more and she’d be bleeding, probably on the floor. A slice like that one took enough control and skill to scare her.
“Lesson one,” he said. “Watch the man wielding the blade, but never lose sight of the business end.”
Lessons? Or something more? From the shock of physical awareness twining through her blood, she suspected they were no longer discussing energy blades.
Snarling to cover the grudging admiration at Seaghdh’s skill welling up within her, Ari charged him. He did not retreat. They locked, body to body, blade to blade. Feeling the leashed strength coiled in him, she knew instantly that she’d made a mistake, one that in any other circumstance would have been fatal. Scorched where their bodies strained against one another at chest and hip, she struggled to control the rush of yearning crashing her defenses. What was wrong with her?
She met his hooded gaze. Desire glittered in the golden depths of his eyes. Pleasure rocketed through her, almost painful in its intensity. She’d forgotten what if felt like to be appreciated as a woman, and the want in his eyes, shadowed by surprise, took her breath away.
Author Info
Marcella Burnard graduated from Cornish College of the Arts with a degree in acting. She’s a Tarot-reading, Third-degree Wiccan who knows far too much about space travel because she desperately wanted to be an astronaut when she grew up. Turns out she gets air sick. She wisely decided to write space travel instead. Marcella writes science fiction romance, urban fantasy, paranormal, and fantasy. If a story brings the weird, Marcella’s right there for it. She lives in Florida where she and her husband are outnumbered by cats. Marcella is actively involved in feline rescue in the Tampa Bay area and you can always find cat photos and videos on her Facebook page or on her Instagram account.


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